Archive for the ‘Harry Potter’ Category
Do Not Confuse the Readers
Ever watch a TV show or a movie? Ever notice someone’s shirt changing between shots? Or the show calls back to something that happened earlier in the series? That’s called “continuity.” “How I Met Your Mother” is very good with it. They go to the point that if they have to go back in time […]
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Tags: continuity, planning, writing
References. Quoting. Plagiarism. What’s the difference?
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Tags: allusion, plagiarism, quoting, reference
Those are disclaimers. I’m sure you might remember my response to what I’ve dubbed the “Why Fanfiction is the Evilest Thing in the World” rant. The author wrote about the legal issues surrounding fanfiction and I wrote about her inaccuracies. What it boiled down to was that fanfiction existed in a legal gray area. One […]
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Tags: Cassandra Claire, copyright, disclaimers, plagiarism, protection
Author’s Notes
Chances are we’re all going to write them at some point if we’re writing fanfiction. There are different reasons for writing an author’s notes, which I will delve into. But I have some words of advice for all author’s notes. I’ll be frank here. I click on many stories when I’m looking for fanfiction to […]
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Tags: author notes, don'ts, dos
When Fans Are Older
So, I’ve written about fan brats. But they’re not the only ones to fear in the world of fanfiction. As I said, fan brats are generally between 13 and 16 years old. This is the age most people write fanfictions. Then they lose interest and go elsewhere. But some of us stay, like me. And […]
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Tags: characters, Diana Gabaldon, fan brat, fan woman, fantasies, horny, plot, Sara Donati, sex
Rewrites!
A writer’s harshest critic is usually themselves. Trust me, I know this firsthand. Recently, I was going through my Fanfiction.net profile. I had usually kept my past stories up to show how I had grown as a writer. But I decided it was time take the embarrassing stories down. Especially my “Phantom of the Opera” […]
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Tags: back story, characters, choices, Elaborate Lives, rewrites
Song fics. Oh boy, song fics. What is a song fic, you ask? Why, it’s a fanfic that incorporates a song. The most common example is this: –>Song lyric –>Line of story. Why is this so bad? It’s boring. It’s usually just the author showing off her favorite song. The line of story is something […]
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Tags: singing, song fics, songs
Fanfiction: A Response
I’m reading Diana Gabaldon’s “Outlander” series. I admittedly am a little late to the “Outlander” series party and I’m still trying to play catch up. What does that mean? It means that I’ve been Googling Ms. Gabaldon. And when I did so, I was surprised to see her name linked with Fanwank. I’ve gone there […]
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Tags: characters, Diana Gabaldon, response
Lights…Camera…Action!
(This was posted on my other blog. But it applies) No, I’m not thinking that my book will be turned into a movie. That would be a wonderful outcome, though. No, I’m talking about action sequences. They can be difficult to write. It’s even there in my writing book from my fiction class in college. […]
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Tags: action, writing
Crossovers: When Fandoms Meet
You know you’ve been there. You’ve just watched a movie or a TV show, maybe just finished a book. The more you ponder the characters, the more you wonder what it would be like if they had to interact with characters from another movie/TV show/book. And thus we have the fan fiction crossover! You’ve seen […]
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Tags: characters, crossovers, Fanfiction, plots
Fanfiction for Dummies 